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NVIDIA
Listed offer value
$15,000Incorporated, under 10 yrs old, 1+ developer, live site
Eligibility & conditions
NVIDIA Inception is a free, no-equity program for startups building on AI, accelerated computing, robotics and data science. NVIDIA does not publish a single credit amount: members request benefits one at a time, including free cloud credits from NVIDIA and its cloud partners, preferred pricing on select hardware and software, and Deep Learning Institute training credits. NVIDIA framed its 2025 benefits expansion as nearly $300,000 in combined credits and discounts, with up to $100,000 in DGX Cloud credits for qualified members, but neither figure appears on the live program pages today, so treat any headline number as a ceiling rather than a balance. Applications are open year-round with no fees, deadlines or cohorts.
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How to apply
5 steps- Check eligibility first: the company must be officially incorporated, less than 10 years old, employ at least one developer and have a working website. Consulting firms, crypto-associated companies, cloud service providers, resellers and public companies are excluded.
- Go to https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/startups/ and click through to the application portal at https://programs.nvidia.com/phoenix/application.
- Submit the application with details about the business and the products being built. There are no application fees, deadlines or cohort dates, so it can be filed at any time.
- Once accepted, request benefits individually from the member portal. Cloud credits, DGX Cloud credits, hardware pricing and DLI training credits are separately gated requests, not a lump sum granted on joining.
- Keep the company and product profile updated in the portal, refreshed at least every six months, or benefit eligibility lapses.
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